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COMPANIONS WITH ITALIAN CLIMATE.
Compare these with the temperatures of
Naples in Italy, considered to be the best
climate in the world
THE RAINFALL.

The average rainfall is about twenty
inches, being ample for all staple crops
As has been stated before in this article,
the rains come in showers through six
months of the year, commencing in Oc-
tober. There are no down-pourings Of
rains lasting through days and weeks, and
there are no long periods during which the
skies wear dull and leaden appearance.
The rainy season is a succession Of showers
and sunshine. 1t is Nature smiling
through her tears.
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wonld work d great change. They give
sparkling fountain at every front door, YER
nal green and bloom to every yard, running
water in each room of the house, and in
all the corrals, barns and stables.
MINING AND IRRIGATlNG bitches.
In the mountains to the east there are
many large mixing bitches, built in the
hey-day of surface mining, many miles in
length, and which cost great sums of
money These bitches run TO the edge
of the valley, are in good repair, carry
many thousands of inches Of water, and
can be easily extended. all over the valley
lands. The extension of these bitches
will be made in the near future, and there
are now organized several ditch COM
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panies for taking water from tie Moke
lumne and Stanislaus rivers.
AN IMPORTANT WORK.

panies for taking water from tie Moke-
lumne and Stanislaus rivers.
AN IMPORTANT WORK.
One of the most important of these en-
terprises is the Mokelumne Ditch and
Irrigating Company" The Directors of the
company are the Hon. B. F. Langford, E.
A. Beardsley, Charles w. McMasters, j.
NJ. Logsden and E. w Fairchild. There
Is plenty of water in the Mokelumne river
at all seasons Of the year; at low water the
flow is nearly 800 cubic feet per second,
and in June it is $500 cubic feet per sec
ond. The width Of this canal will be 80
feet on the bottom and 45 feet on the sur
face, and the depth six feet. This Will carry
water 10 irrigate all the land north and
south of the Mokelumne river, comprising
100000 acres. 1t will make a garden
of northern San joaquin, and cover
it with orchards vineyards, vegetable and
alfalfa fields. 1t will double and quad
ruple the producing capacity of this al
ready fertile region.
The great navigable rivers, the noun
tain streams, the springs, wells, flowing
wells and irrigating bitches give this Sec
tion an unexcelled water system.
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A DELTA COUNTY,

More than three-tourths of her area hav-
ing been formed by the rivers which run
through or along her borders. The area
is | $50 square miles, or 100000 acres, of
which two-thirds are valley o. bottom
lands, and one-third uplanls There is
less waste land in this county, considering
its size, than any other portion Of the
United States. Almost every acre of these
100000 acres is adapted to tillage. The
greater portion is covered with scattering
oak growths, forming continuous oak parks,
where grove mods at grove In the
northeastern and southwestern portions
there are few sections of rolling foothill
land
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dates for more than $4,000 home-seekers
and capitalists. and new dates for more
excursions are being applied for. So great
is the coming that any estimate of the
numbers to be expected would be idle.
The estimates of to-day would have to be
revised and enlarged tomorrow.
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roads there are several freight and
passenger trains daily, and the rates are
low and the transit rapid. Everything
that the farmer produces can be loaded on
the cars or on the steamers at night and be
put into the market of San Francisco fresh
i'll the morning or can be loaded ON the
cars and sent on its journey to the States
and Territories East of the Sierras, where
our great Eastern markets are.
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FOREST AND OTHER TREES.

Ii this great forest belt is the lumber
supply of this coast for the present and for
future centuries. In addition 70 the native
tree growths the settlers, since the Amer
lean occupation, have imported aud grown
great variety OF trees and shrubs. There
is hardly IN Ornamental or useful tree OF
the North OF South but can now b. found
in the tree plantations OF this district.
Here around the homes can be seen rows
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u0Sil doiC IoI settlement, IL rs
enough to say that San Joaquin
county equals the other favored
spots of the United States. but
in this matter of transportation il
is entirely within the bounds Of
truth to say that she excels any
other county in the State. Many
other counties have railroads
through them, and a river thai
borders them, but here the navi-
gable streams extend through The.
centerof the county. On the Sac.
ramento, which forms the eastern
border, the largest steamers float.
and on the San Joaquin rivel-
there is good navigation as far as
Hills Ferry.
THE RATES OF FREIGHT
And the fares for passen
gers by these water routes are
exceedingly cheap. 1t is true tina.
all kinds of freight can be put
ON to an ocean steamer or sail
ing vessel in the harbor of San
Francisco from the warehouses of
Stockton cheaper than the mer-
chants of San Francisco can draw
their goods and put them on
Shlpboard. This is an advantage
which is enjoyed by no other
interior section Of this State. All
the grain, hay and other farm
prodlcts; all the products of the
ml'ls, factories, and the forges of
stockton are carried bv these
waterways to the ocean for from
- to 30 cents per ton. There is a
large fleet of steamers and barges
Of all sizes that ply constantly ON
these 90 miles of navigable
streams In and around San ,Joa-
quin county.
THE RAILROADS OF THE COUNTY
furnish rapid and cheap trans
portation. Running north and
south through the county there
is the Western Railway, running
from San Francisco to Sacra-
mento, where it connects with
the overland line, and with the
California and Oregon road. AT
LathroD il connects with the
Southern Pacific to the Cotton
States of the Gulf. There are
branch roads from Stockton to
Milton, in Calaveras county. a
branch to Oakdale in Stanislaus
county, and branch from Lodi to
Valley Springs in Calaveras coun-
ty, which reach the rich timber,
grazing, farming and mining re-
gions OF the Sierras. On all these
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THE WATER SYSTEM.
A Never-Ceasing Supply of Water for
Possible Purposea

Possible Purposes.
No portion of this continent is favored
with better system of water than San
joaquin county. From the south the San
joaquin river flows through the whole
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ferGlity, and are known to be almost
ineNhaustible, bearing annual croppiligs
for great number of years without
requiring fertilization. The evidence of
the iaexhaustible fertility of the soil of
Northern California is furnished in the
unexampled annual wheat crop, amount
ing to 35,000000 bushels, with a
yield OF more than so per cent. greater
than the average of the rest of the United
States, and in the enormous yield of frait
and every other agricultural product In
the center of this fertile section of the
Pacific Coas4 is
SAN JOAQUIN, THE GARDEN COUNTY
OF the State. It has every advantage of
locality, being situated centrally i'll The
State north and sosth, east and west. Il
is washed by the two great navigable rivers
of the coast, the San joaquin and the S4s:-
ramento, and it is halfway between the
Golden Gate and the Sierras, which ar,.
scanned and ribbed with deposits of tbs
royal and useful metals, and covered with
the great forest belts The river deltas
have always been the most fertile spots OF
earth. The deltas of the Nile, the Anna
zon, the Mississippi and the Yaag-tze pre-
aepts the richest and most fertile spots
known to the tillers Of the soil. S:ss yea-
qgiR is
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BUILDING MATERIALS.

Grand Forests and Inexhau stib,e Lum-
Der supply-Erick, Clay, Etc.
The timber supply of the San Joaquin
district is an important advantage in an
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THE CLIMATE.

A Winterless Climate, with Semi-Tropic
Productions-Temper Etc.
The climate of San Joaquin county and
the surrounding country is the principal of
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they subsequently attain. They are un-
mistakably young giants" Here are
Cedar, cypress and pine and branching ilr;
A sylvan scene, and hs the ranks ascend
Shade above shade, d woody theater of stateliest
yieW.''
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FRuIT.GRGNINE.
Profits from This Industry as shown by
Varied Experiences.

Prohts from ThIs Industry as shown by
Varied Experiences.
Small fruit-growing has been successfully
engaged in in this district, and it is espe-
cially adapted to people of small means.
Five to ten acres of land is all that can be
managed to advantage. There are many
families now here who make good livings
from five acres of Strawberries, blackberries
or raspbcrries. With Judgment in the
selection of soils and with skill and in
dustry in cultivation and marketing, from
5000 to S400 worth of berries Ter acre can
be relied upon. The returns from this
branch of horticulture can be realized
much sooner than from tree fruits.
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TRANSPORTATION.
Most Favorable Facilities for Reachinr
Markets That Can Be Furnished.

IN nearly everything WHICH makes a
country desirable for a settlement, it is
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Westward the course of empire takes its wav :
The four first acts already past
A nth shall close the drama with the day;
Times noblest offspring is the last"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-31
Amateur Lady Chemists.
To the Editor Of tho statesman.

10 the Editor OF the Statesman,
SIR:-It is hardly worth while for people
to remain deceived by the pretended ex-
perlments of baking powder makers in
their efforts to introduce goods, when
these pretended experiments can be so
easily exploded.
Science reyolts at the tricks of those
charlatans who attempt to steal its great
principles for illegimate ends.
The experiments (?) made by these
agents can be performed by the house
keeper who will add little -four to her
baking powder. This will cause it, when
mixed with water, 20 produce the slow ac-
tion shown which is no evidence Of superb
ority, but, on the contrary, an unmistaka-
BILE proof of adulteration of any powder
that gives il.
The performance of these agents is
simply a trick, aud a very dishonest one
at that. AS chemical experiment 1t is
too ridiculous for serious consideration.
The baking powder makers must take our
housekeepers for a lot OF illiterate fools to
expect to play such tricks upon them. Our
ladies know how to resent il when any one
attempts to 'play them," as the boys say,
or sell them baking powder or anything
else by deceitfu representations.
CURMIgT
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-31
DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST.
Stock Interests--RecentC Coal Discoveries
A Prediction, Not Threat.
Special Telegram to the Statesman

Stock Interests--Recent Coal Discoveries
A Prediction, Not Threat.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
MASON, March 29-Quite a norther on hand,
rendering outdoor exercise disagreeabe, owing to
the sand and dust. Ike Il. Pryor, of your town,
came in on the stage this morning, en- route to his
cattle ranch in Kimble county, He informed your
correspondent that he would gather and start two
herds of cattle on the read by April /. Ike is
rustler of the first water. He also comes
prepared to give stockmen an opportunity to take
stock in the refrigerator at Houston. The majority
of cattlemen in this county signify willingness
to respond TO the call.
Capt Bowling, of Kansas has been ccessful
since his arrival in purchasing 5000 ones and twos,
the number he desired, at 81 and $40.
The coal bed spoken of in a late communica-
top from this place to THE STATESMAN, bids fair
to excel any coal beds yet discovered in the state,
both as regards quality and quantity, and will be a
bonanza to the burners.
gentleman just arrived from McCulloch
county, and reports stCckmen red-hot on the re-
frigerator at Houston. He also expresses himself
are in prime condition and flock masters happy,
feeling assured, they are that wool will com.
mand not less than p cents this spring, which will
enable them to pay nearly all of their past obga-
tions, He also gave vent to the welcome intelli-
gence that the coal leads now being worked near
Waldrip, far surpasses the owners most sangune
expectations that at depth of 100 feet they had
well defined five feet vein which for qualify equals
the Pittsburg al.
W. W. Lewis prominent merchant of Menard-
vile, is stopping at the Mason house, and says
Menard county is in healthy condition
financially, although needing rain, and
thai an increased acreage has been added
this ,and that farmers are hopeful. In CON
versation, on yesterday, with prominent gentle
man who has recently travelled through Burnet,
Llano and Mason counties, he remarked that, after
carefully investigating the many elements OF
wealth combined in said counties, he predicted
that the day was not far die ant when these three
counties would be the Birmingham of the world,
and that he regarded General johnson, of Burnet,
as one of the most wonderful and remarkable
men he had ever come in contact with
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-31
Condensed Dispatches.

John Fitzgerald, president of the Irish National
League of America, has published appeal for
money, which is construed into the announce
ment of resumption of the dynamite policy.
The navy department is still prosecuting inqui
ries concerning the ability of railways and canals
to transport torpedo boats
correspondent at Boneman Mont. asserts that
the losses Of cattle, during the winter, amounted to
30 per cent.
In the Haddock murder trial at Sioux City, Ia,
been found.
Interest has been revived in the Baltimore &
Ohio deal in New York. It is said tie At bison
will have an interest in the deal.
The united labor party of Chicago are taking &C
tive steps to make vigorous campaign against
Carter Harrison for Mayor.
The Schwartz-Watt trial is progressing at
Morris, ILL.,
There has been big snow in Kansas.
Near Columbus, Ohio, Mrs. Dora E. Bennett,
Young married woman. stepped out OF her house
after dark she was seized by three men and forced
into buggy. She went caaZy, and when foundi
next morning, had her hair cut OFF, and wore an
oil cloth over her night clothes.
Commissioner Coleman has been to Louisianat to
make experiments in sugar manufacture by the
diffusion process.
Negro cotton handlers reported for work on the
levees at New Orleans, but no classers were pres
ent.
Parnel says the Irish criminal law amendment
Is the strongest coerctve measure ever proposed.
The came element that made Harrison mayor OF
Chicago are now organizing to destroy him.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-31

place of the death of the deceased, do
ind as follows; to-wit:
FirstAThat the name of the deceased
is Cashmere Palecio.
Second-That said deceased was male
person, aged about 2S years at the time
of mis- death.
Third-That said deceased came to his
death at the City hospital, in Austin,
Travis county, state of Texas, on or about
the hour of l o'clock on the 9th day of
March, 4. d. 1887.
Fourth-That the death of the said de-
ceased was caused as follows, and in the
manner following; to.wit: That on the
9th day of March, A. d. 1887, between
the hours of IL and O'Clock, a. M, Tomas
Vidal and Halirio Gamboa, of their malice
aforethought, in said county and state,
did cut the said deceased with knife, or
some other sharp instrument, infiicting
upon the throat of the said deceased cut
about SIX inches long, cutting his throat,
from the effects of which wound the said
deceased died, at the time and place here
inbefore stated.
HENRY Brown,
Tom WoMsLEy,
j. f. LUOKY,
RICHARD PATE,
VIM. FIsHER,
II. M. GILBBRT.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-31
GEORGETOWN.
The Bar of Williamson County Endorse
Judge Townes.
- ~


Special Telegram to the Statesman.
GEoRG ETowN, March 2S--The Georgetown bar
met to-day, and after electng IT, W. Straton chair.
man, and r. 4 Brooks secretary, resolutions were
unanimously adopted endorsing Judge John c..
rownes for position on the commission OF ap-
peals. The lawyers of the town are enthusiastic
the judge, and all promised to go to work for
him. A committee was appointed to canvas his
appointment composed of Hon. w, l.. Davidson,
assistant attOrney-general, Col. A. s. Fisher,
Judge w. NJ. Key, T. B. COchrane, esq and Col
W. X Makemson. Judge TOwnes will be an ap
picant for this position, and worthier, ADLER and
better fitted gentleman and jurist can not be found
in the broad realm of our state. Judge TOwnes is
popuarly known ont west, where he was for
long time district judge at San Angelo, and the
west will endorse him.
TO-DAY, near the Odd Fellows cemeary shot himself
d G Tribble and lady are registered at the Slaton
house. They are spending their honeymoon here.
j. j. Josey, a prominent merchant of San
Felife is in town visiting friends.
Capt "A. S. Fisher, who has been absent for the
past month, attending the Coleman and Mason
district courts returned home yesterday, but left
this evening for trip to Austin.
Hon. w l.. Davidson left to-day for Austin,
Mics Ymogen Bailey, much to the sorrow of her
many friends and admirers left Georgetown for
Gainesville, thence to her home in Mississippi, to-
day.
Col Jno. T. Coffee is much better and is pro-
nounced past the danger line. Your reporter was
misinformed as to his sickness, a rumor that he
was at the point of death had no foundation in
fact.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-31
Burnet Items.

BuRNET, March % The frost laet night and the
night before did not do as much damage to fruit
trees and early gardens in this section was fret
supposed.
MIR. Alvin Dalton started up the trail this week
with about one thousand head of cattle and twenty
five horses. Tine cattle was mostly what he had
purchased last spring. lie was driving them to
Arizona.
The concert at the Baptist church, in this city,
was highly enjoyed by all present, all the young
lanies and gentlemen engaged in the singing, ac-
Quilted themselves well. Miss Nettie Prince pre-
sided at the organ in her accustomed grace and
ease
At the entertainment at the opera house on April
the Sth, for the benefit of the Granite Rifles the
comedy of "Handy Andy will be presented with
the following cast:
Handy Andy-Mr. j. A. Shannon.
Squire Eagan-Mr j. w. Gilmore.
Squire o O'Grady--Mr. NJ. Thomas.
Mr. Murphy--Mr. A. l.. Sarrels.
Dick Daws0n-Mr j. NJ. Skaggs.
Mr.. Furlong-Mr. Adds Emmett
Edward O'ConnOrs-Mr NJ P. Edman.
Simon-Mr. X. s. BreaZeale.
Ownah RoOney-Miss ChIistiana Edman.
Nance-Mrs. Neal.
Fannie Dawson-Miss Carrie Calvert.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-31
CHEMIST.
County prohibition Convention.

BY virtue of authority vested in the
undersigned committee, by the prohibition
mass meeting held at the court house at
Austin or the evening Of March 49, 1897,
a call is hereby made for a
COUNTY PROHIBITION CONVENTION,
to be held az the Travis county court
house, at IL O'Clock noon, Saturday, April
I'd, 1887, for the purpose of organizing
for the coming campaign.
All citizens of Travis county favoring
the adoption Of the constitutional prohi-
bition amendment are invited. 1t is de-
sired that every portion OF Travis county
be represented
Persons living in the coHntry, friendly
to the movement, are requested TO send
their names to the committee at once.
DR. @. Il. FISHER,
JAMES B. Corr,
ID. II. WALSH,
JAMES W. SMITH,
NEWTON WALToN,
Committee.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-31
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
A Knight of Labor Deliberately Shoots
Railroad Man.


Railroad Man.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
TYLER, March 29.-Last night about 8 O'Clock,
in this city, there occurred shooting which, for
apparent lack of cause, was peculiar. Prentess
Broughton, assistant depot agent for the Kansas
and Gulf railway, entered restaurant in base
ment of a saloon on the southeast corner of the
public square as w. W. Bell, an employe in the
shops of the st. Louis, Arkansas IL Texas rail
way and KHight of Labor, was leaving the res
taurant. The men did not speak
as they met. Broughton ordered lunch
and was eating it when Bell
entered through door, opening ftom the street,
and with drawn revolver advanced to a place
alb rut tn ee feet from where Broughton was sitting
at table, and with an oath began to shoot. He
emptied five chambers of his pistol. Two balls
missed their mark, one took effect in Broughton's
hip, one in his arm about the wrist, and one in the
calf OF his leg Bell left Immediately and has not yet
been arrested. During the shooting, nor imme
diately before the occurrence, had Broughton said
anything to his assaiant AS soon as Bell ran out
of the room the injured man got up and
started to leave and then resumed his seat and fin
ished his lunch. Shortly afterwards he was con-
Quoted to his home. His wounds though painful
are not thonght to be dangerous. The only motive
for the shooting is to be gathered from the fact that
Bell had, on previous occasions, shown himself to
be very easily eXasperaed by argument relative to
the Knights of Labor, and that shortly before the
shooting he and Broughton had been engaged in
such an argument, in which BrOughton seemed to
get the better of him
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-31

but in the classic language of Vanderbilt, he re-
marked, Beer b damned, its whisky | want
ana whls he got, ha ing found one Of Bnrnet's
saloon keepers who let him have bottle of Belle
OF bourbon, very fine article Of whisky, in fact,
better than the member had beeu used 20 from his
looks and general make up After taking a
big swag from the bottle, he IN very pompous
and l-know-it-all kind ut style, demsnded the
price He was told that il was Si50 aud then be-
gun the search for the necessary filthy herewith
which to pay for it, but had an officer been armed
with warrant and went through the aforesaid
windy member he would have been unable 10 pro
duce more than one loue dollar o. the result of
his search. The situation was becoming very EN-
barrassing to the member when the saloon keeper
proposed that he go down to the train and borrow
the half dollar from some of his brother members,
which he did, coming back and paying it, much to
the surprise of the saloon man.